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Free State of Jones

This movie needs to be approved by your parent. It is not obligatory that you watch it. It is for extra credit, only.

Due November 13th, 2017

Directions: Choose 2 writing prompts to discuss. Essays need to be at least 2 pages. If you write obituaries, you'll need to get creative! The more creative the higher the extra credit.

1. Prepare a report on the
"inner war" of the Confederacy for any state that joined the
Confederacy during the Civil War. 2. Write two obituaries for Rachel
Knight, one written in 1889 for a newspaper that supported the
"Redemption" and another a retrospective of her life written this
year for a modern non-racist newspaper. 3. Write two obituaries for Newton
Knight, one written in 1922 for a newspaper that supported the
"Redemption" and another, a retrospective of Rachel's life, written
this year for a modern non-racist newspaper. 4. Research and write a short
history of the Collins family of Jones County and the Big Thicket of Hardin
County, Texas. 5. Research and write a report on
other centers of white resistance to the Confederacy. [Examples include Winston County, Alabama, North Carolina's Quaker Belt, the Big Thicket
jay hawkers in Texas, and Jones county Mississippi.]

6. Research and
write a report on the role of African-Americans in the Union army during the
Civil War and their role in the eventual victory over the rebels.

7. Victoria E.
Bynum, a respected historian who studied the life of Newton Knight and his
ancestors wrote that "Race . . . is a social invention and a cultural
identification, rather than a biological reality." See Bynum, Free
State pg. 193. See generally Ibid pp. 149 - 197. Using
at least three sources, describe how groups like the Knight family in
Mississippi provide examples of this concept.

8. Many biologists dispute the
validity of the scientific concept of race. Find the latest research on this
and write a paper reporting your findings.